Poquosin

“A thoroughly referenced, entertaining, and thought-provoking work.” — CHOICE

“A charming book that fuses scholarship to art.” — Journal of Southern History

“Intriguing and highly readable. . . . Will be welcomed by all who seek to understand the way life was and is in this unique part of the American South.” — American Historical Review

“Jack Kirby has written a beautiful, enjoyable, and valuable study about a little-known part of America. In so doing, he vividly illustrates the powerful but often overlooked connections among land, topography, and water in the shaping of human society. This is a fine work and highly recommended to all with any interest in environmental history.” — Journal of American History

“This is ecological history with verve. . . . A human geography of a complex region.” — Agricultural History

“An ambitious environmental history. . . . An important and valuable book for historians, both public and academic.” — Public Historian

“Poquosin has created a genre for itself, weaving social, economic, and political history into a chronicle of the way human beings and landscape changed, to be in turn changed by, each other. Kirby’s prose is masterful, moving with ease between poetry, scientific directness, dry humor, and the unpretentious telling of good stories.” — Barbara J. Fields, Columbia University